It is by crawling on the face of it that one learns a country.

Evelyn Waugh

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Topic

Travel

Author

Evelyn Waugh

Source

Ninety-two Days

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Waugh, Evelyn. Ninety-two Days. Duckworth, 1934, ch. 8.

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Source
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Genre
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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Das Unbehagen in der Kultur [The Discomfort in Culture]. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag Wien, 1930, pt. 8.

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Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a glorious voyage.

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Joachim Du Bellay
Source
Les Regrets
Medium
Poem
Language
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Time
1558 1550s 16th century
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Original Citation

Du Bellay, Joachim. "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage." Les Regrets. Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1558.

Current Citation

Du Bellay, Joachim. "Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a fine journey." The Regrets, translated by David R. Slavitt. Northwestern University Press, 2003.